Engadget Logo Engadget Japanese version New iPhone pictograms are ninja, tapioca, and boomerang. Pre-release from iOS 14

To coincide with World Emoji Day on July 17th, Apple has released some of the new emojis that will be introduced in iOS 14.

New emojis include ninja, tapioca milk tea (bubble tea), boomerang, transgender symbols, anatomical heart, lungs, matryoshka doll, beaver, dodo (bird), coin, piñata, and more. Tamal (Mexican food), hand gestures such as pinched fingers pointing up.

It complies with the international standard Emoji 13.0 and is expected to be introduced in iOS 14 this fall.

"Ninja" treated like a face in Emoji 13.0. The current emoji includes superheroes, villains, rock stars, zombies, vampires, and wizards, so the implementation of ninja was rather slow.

There seems to be a culture where pirates line up with ninjas, but so far there are pirate flags and skull and bones emojis, but pirates themselves don't have emojis.

Tamal is one of the lesser-known emojis in Japan. A Mexican dish called tamales or tamales, it is made by wrapping corn flour dough (masa) with ingredients such as vegetables and meat, wrapping it in leaves such as corn or banana, and steaming it.

This is also the "tamari" of the alkaline aqueous solution treatment "Nixtamalization" that supported Central American civilization by increasing the nutritional value of corn and making it a staple food. I just looked it up on Wikipedia.

Because of emoji culture, Japanese wind chimes 🎐 are used as "Jellyfish" (jellyfish), and tulip name tags 📛 are thought to be "tofu on fire", so it is likely to be used as natto in Japan.

This is a transgender symbol. Considering that the lack of symbolism and the lack of representation in the symbol system is nothing, it is rather strange that it has never existed before. Note that the Emoji standard already adds “gender-neutral” versions of many face and person emojis.

Bubble tea. Tea with so-called tapioca, pearls, boba, and pearls. Based on the color, it looks like tapioca milk tea in Apple emoji.

In Japan, after the frenetic boom subsided, there was also a corona disaster, and the selection progressed at once, but in Taiwan and hot East Asian countries, it has been a staple for a while. Major chains have been expanding overseas and establishing themselves for a long time, and even in Japan, it seems that they will forget about the fact that they made a big fuss and become a common drink.

New culture-dependent and context-dependent hand gestures. The official name as Emoji is "Pinched Fingers". In Italy, this hand gesture, especially the back-and-forth gesture, seems to mean something like "What are you talking about?"

Anatomically accurate schematic of the heart. Don't inadvertently send heart marks and cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

For a one-letter reply to "Take a break".

People involved in dam construction.

A boomerang that many people seem to find missing after looking for it. While it is a legitimate sport/traditional hunting tool, it is intended to encourage self-reflection such as "Don't tell me", "Self-introduction", "Throw a stone first among those who are innocent", or "With self-discipline". It seems to be useful for shortening the number of characters in "I will say".

A "coin" I can't believe there wasn't. Until now, there were bills, money bags, wallets, banks, cards and medals, but no coins. It seems that the design will change greatly depending on the business operator, but "The Crazy Ones" is really Apple.

Extinct bird dodo. It is also known for its majestic march composed by the British national composer Elgar.

Traditional Russian folk art Матрёшка. It is also famous for Kenshi Yonezu's song.

Piñata. Kusudama used in celebrations in Mexico. "Gather! Thanks to Viva Piñata, I thought I was basically an animal type, but it seems I'm wrong.

On "Why is July 17th World Emoji Day?" As for the anniversary, it was triggered by the manager of Emojipedia, an emoji information website.

Why July 17th? About July 17th because Apple's emoji was used in "Calendar". In 2002, Apple released iCal, a calendar app for the Mac, so July 17th was emoji as the design for Apple's version.

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Depending on the app/platform, the date may be different, or just "12" (month), or no date at all.